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For #36DaysOfType, The Swaddle’s Denise D’Souza illustrated the A-Z of Indian laws that have impacted Indians in unforeseen ways. The Armed Forces Special Powers Act of 1958 (AFSPA) grants the military the ability to maintain public order in ‘disturbed areas,’ through wide powers of arrest, the right to shoot to kill, and to occupy or…
A 40-year-old man residing in Laxmipur village was taken into custody in Bihar’s Siwan for marrying a minor girl. The mother claimed the accused coerced her into marrying her daughter off due to unpaid debts. The case is being dealt with under the jurisdiction of the Mairwa police station, and the accused has been charged…
The National Seminar on Anti-Human Trafficking Awareness by National Commission for Women held at Srinagar has highlighted the most neglected Human Rights of most vulnerable young women and infant children going on for a long time now in Jammu and Kashmir. While the number of women and children trafficked into Jammu Kashmir may be lower…
Kolkata: Niloufar Khatun*, 16 (name changed), and Asma Khatun*, 15 (name changed), were two cousins residing in a village at Minakha of North Parganas district, some 80 kilometres away from the state capital of Kolkata. Last month, on March 21, they had gone to the local market to purchase the cosmetics they needed for the…
NEW DELHI, India — India is a source, transit and destination country of human trafficking. The U.S. Department of State cites a study estimating a minimum of 8 million human trafficking victims in India. Human trafficking has become the easiest and most profitable trade for traffickers who lure, kidnap and abduct disadvantaged people for exploitation….
SCR Secunderabad division’s Railway Protection Force (RPF) successfully rescued 10 child-trafficking victims and detained five traffickers. The operation was conducted in collaboration with the voluntary organisation ‘Bachpan Bachao’ and was based on intelligence generated from continuous data analysis by the RPF’s cyber cell. The RPF Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) team conducted raids from Khammam to…
GURGAON: The two persons arrested on Friday in the case of alleged torture and sexual harassment of a teenager by her employers have been sent to two days’ police remand. Cops are investigating if one of them, the owner of a placement agency, was involved in human trafficking. The couple that allegedly tortured the girl…
Health and Education Infrastructure: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Monday said that the Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) government is planning to set up at least one hospital and one medical college in every district of the state. Speaking on the occasion, during his Samadhan Yatra in Bihar’s Saran district, the Chief Minister said that the government…
Katihar (Bihar): Mohammad Shabaz wakes up at the crack of dawn. Any lingering thoughts of going back to sleep disappear when he thinks of his childhood years. Years spent in distant Delhi when his tiny hands embroidered for hours without a break. Until he was rescued. As villages stir to life, he wants to be…
Berhampur: The Berhampur railway station in Ganjam district has turned into a major transit point for human trafficking. In 2022, a total 343 children that were being trafficked as labourers were rescued from the station, sources said Monday. Being one of the largest commuting hubs in Odisha with a huge number of footfalls daily, the…
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